Project Manager Contracts in Northern Ireland

Project Manager
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Project Manager daily rate in Northern Ireland is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 15 13
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 18 9 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 11.32% 6.04% 9.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.24% 6.34% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 14
10th Percentile £340 £257 £304
25th Percentile £359 £324 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £435 £463
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% -5.95% +5.71%
75th Percentile £620 - £563
90th Percentile £629 - £638
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.95% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.98 - £14.09
Median hourly rate £73.23 £15.63 £14.19
Median % change year-on-year +368.49% +10.19% -42.10%
75th Percentile £78.47 - £14.28
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £36.34 £64.75
% change year-on-year +30.73% -43.88% +26.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 147 142 183
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 95.30% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 73 83
10th Percentile £155 £173 £166
25th Percentile £273 £313 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +5.88% +4.62%
75th Percentile £530 £575 £500
90th Percentile £625 £650 £618
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 25 8
10th Percentile £13.64 - £13.29
25th Percentile £22.50 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £24.18 £15.38 £14.59
Median % change year-on-year +57.22% +5.40% -15.80%
75th Percentile £40.36 £21.00 £15.94
90th Percentile £75.85 £28.54 £16.87
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Northern Ireland

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Northern Ireland

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Northern Ireland

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Northern Ireland

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim -6 11 £475 +9.20% 26
County Armagh - 5 - - 2
County Londonderry - 2 - -
Project Manager
UK

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Northern Ireland region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 9 (50.00%) Project Management
1 9 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 8 (44.44%) Finance
3 7 (38.89%) Degree
3 7 (38.89%) Performance Management
3 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
4 5 (27.78%) Asset Management
5 3 (16.67%) Agile
5 3 (16.67%) Banking
5 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (16.67%) Data Governance
5 3 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
6 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 2 (11.11%) Product Ownership
6 2 (11.11%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 2 (11.11%) Product Strategy
6 2 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
6 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (11.11%) Kanban
6 2 (11.11%) Investment Banking
6 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (11.11%) Sprint Planning
6 2 (11.11%) DevOps
6 2 (11.11%) Scrum
6 2 (11.11%) JIRA
6 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (11.11%) Derivative
6 2 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (11.11%) Risk Management

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Banking
4 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Derivative
1 2 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.56%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 9 (50.00%) Project Management
2 7 (38.89%) Performance Management
3 5 (27.78%) Asset Management
4 3 (16.67%) Agile
4 3 (16.67%) Data Governance
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
5 2 (11.11%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 2 (11.11%) Change Management
5 2 (11.11%) DevOps
5 2 (11.11%) Kanban
5 2 (11.11%) Product Strategy
5 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 2 (11.11%) Scrum
5 2 (11.11%) Sprint Planning
5 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) C#
1 1 (5.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) RIBA
2 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.56%) PMO